Meet's on Friday, I think. I just started swimming on a team in January and I've done nothing longer than 100 at the four meets I've been to so far. I looked at the events board and turned to my coaches and said, "There must have been some kind of mistake..." Recently, in my "I'm new" thread, I said I wanted to up the ante. Apparently, some divine power was listening.
What strategies do you all have for me? Please give me something, Masters forum, because I'm CLUELESS! Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope. //Leia
I feel like Indiana Jones after he's picked off a bazillion baddies and then finally the real big, tough baddy appears onscreen and Indy just kind of looks up like, "Awww, come on... let's just go have a beer, man..." while slowly putting up his fists for what he knows will be a very painful thrashing.
For your first 500:
1) Take the first 100 out relaxed then try to build by 100s.
2) Tight streamlines off each wall
3) Kick for the first 5 yards off each wall then ease off the legs
4) Breathe, breathe, breathe. Every cycle (2 strokes) if you can, or at least every three strokes if you can bi-lateral breathe effectively
5) Long, strong strokes.
6) At the 450 mark start to bring the legs in
Relax and have fun
Although I don't swim the 500 these days, this would be a great place to start I think. As a lurker, I listened to pwolf's advice this last weekend for the 200, specifically; "Use the free speed off the turns" and will employ that in the future. I think that's what #2 above addresses.
For your first 500:
1) Take the first 100 out relaxed then try to build by 100s.
2) Tight streamlines off each wall
3) Kick for the first 5 yards off each wall then ease off the legs
4) Breathe, breathe, breathe. Every cycle (2 strokes) if you can, or at least every three strokes if you can bi-lateral breathe effectively
5) Long, strong strokes.
6) At the 450 mark start to bring the legs in
Relax and have fun
Although I don't swim the 500 these days, this would be a great place to start I think. As a lurker, I listened to pwolf's advice this last weekend for the 200, specifically; "Use the free speed off the turns" and will employ that in the future. I think that's what #2 above addresses.
